What) Kokomo boasts that it is the birthplace of the first push-button car radio, the first Dirilyte golden-hued tableware and the first aerial bomb with fins. Other Kokomo firsts include the pneumatic rubber tire, the carburetor, the mechanical corn picker and canned tomato juice. The Elwood Haynes Museum celebrates the inventor of stainless steel, once a Kokomo resident.

    So it should be no surprise that Kokomo is the first city to turn a giant sycamore tree stump into a monument and encase it in glass. In fact, it's the World's Largest Sycamore Stump, 57 feet in circumference and 12 feet high. Once a massive Sycamore tree shading Kokomo, it was nearly 800 years old before storms broke it down. The stump has been displayed in Highland Park since 1916. Next door is a similar wood and stone shelter housing Old Ben, the stuffed steer, in the park since 1919. (1)

    Where) 1402 West Defenbaugh Street    Open daily from dawn - 10pm.

    Why) It seemed to fit into the theme of “old trees” that had already been established in a few other Buckys.